'Serie A side Chievo in July were fined 80000 euros in a plea bargain in connection with the scandal. Chievo were fined because their advisor Stefano Bettarini, a former Sampdoria player, is suspected of being part of the betting ring. dpa ac mga'

200028 Years Old
He followed the team relegated in 2000 and promoted back to Serie A in 2001.
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But the Venice side relegated again in 2002.<br /><br /> After Maurizio Zamparini the owner of Venezia purchased Palermo, Zamparini bought most of the squad to Sicily and Bettarini refused. Bettarini then joined Serie B side Sampdoria on free transfer, as Venezia had to reduce the salary expenditure. He signed a reported 2-year contract. Read Less

THIRTIES

200432 Years Old
In August 2004, he was banned 5 months for match-fixing.
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Antonio Marasco, Roberto D'Aversa, Generoso Rossi, Maurizio Caccavale and Alfredo Femiano were also banned. Bettarini denied he was guilty and was wrongly included in the investigation. Read Less

Bettarini made his club debut on 3 February 2005 (round 22), against Bologna as starter.
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That match Gialloblu lost 1–3. He then continued as one of the starting XI. On round 28 (13 March) against Atalanta, he was substituted by Matteo Contini in the 16th minutes. He then out of a month due to injury. He came back to field on round 32 (20 April) against his former club Sampdoria, but substituted by Paolo Cannavaro in the 2nd minute. That season Parma reached the semi-final of the UEFA Cup. Read Less

In 2005, Bettarini retired and appeared in reality television.
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Bettarini received his only national team call-up in 2004, a warm-up friendly match in Palermo, against the Czech Republic before the start of UEFA Euro 2004, on 18 February. Team-mate Sergio Volpi and Parma's Simone Barone also received their first call-up. That experimental match Bettarini played as one of the starting XI and replaced by Giuseppe Pancaro in the 79th minutes. Giovanni Trapattoni used all of his 22-men squad on the field and made 7 substitutes at half time; the match ended in a 2-2 draw. Read Less